Ramsay v. Peters’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Roadway means that portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. If a highway includes two or more separate roadways the term ‘roadway’ as used herein refers to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively.” (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peters v. Ramsay

2. ““(a) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peters v. Ramsay

3. ““Highway means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or thoroughfare of any kind used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel, whether actually dedicated to the public and accepted by the proper authorities or otherwise.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peters v. Ramsay